Cloverleaf skull syndrome: case report*

نویسندگان

  • Junio Marcos Fonseca
  • Luciana Mendes Araújo Borém
چکیده

The present report is aimed at describing a rare case of cranial malformation - cloverleaf skull syndrome -, whose presence was noticed after the birth of a child with signs of abnormality. Imaging diagnosis methods such as computed tomography and conventional radiography were used to characterize the syndrome.

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دوره 47  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014